Assignment 2: Understanding the effects of lifestyle factors on health and fitness

Lifestyle Factors covered

• Physical Activity• Smoking• Alcohol• Drugs• Stress• Diet• Personal Hygiene

Grading Criteria

To achieve a pass, you must: To achieve a merit, you must: To achieve a distinction, you must:

P4: describe the lifestyle factorsthat can affect health P5: provide lifestyle improvementstrategies that can have apositive effect on health  

M3: explain the effects of identified lifestyle factors on health and fitness, when applying for public service and long-term employment M4 explain lifestyle improvementstrategies to justify theirpositive effect on health. 

D2: evaluate the effects of identified lifestyle factors onhealth and fitness, when applying for public service and long-term employment.

4 Points to cover on each section

• Tell me what the issue is - definition. • Tell me why this is bad for your health.• Tell me why the public services would not

want you to do this and how it would affect your application or employment – provide examples.

• Provide some advise and strategies to quit and justify a positive effect on health.

Example

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA-s39UH4QY&feature=youtu.be&annotation_id=annotation_1270626155&feature=iv&src_vid=A75YtjvdYNw

• Why would a public service not want an employee to smoke?

• What advice would you give to quit and stay off smoking